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<h1 align="center"><span class="pagetitle">About HEAD elements in HTML...</span><br>
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<dt><big><b class="mainheading">Justification for HEAD elements</b></big>
    <dd>The Head section is really a catch-all area for information that is
        <em>related</em> to the document but is not actually viewable content.
        This section also contains information <em>ABOUT</em> the document which is used
        to help display or process the document's contents. Historically, the head
        element of a document was usually a small section. This has changed
        considerably in the last couple of years as the level and capability of
        HTML document interaction has greatly increased (with the advent of style
        sheets, web scripting, and intelligent search engine cataloging.)
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<dt><big><b class="mainheading">HEAD Element Usage</b></big>
<dt><b class="subheading">Document Base</b>
<dt>[&lt;<a href="b/base.htm">base</a>&gt;]
    <dd>This establishes common defaults to be used when referencing relative file
        path names out of context or for establishing a common destination for
        framed document navigation scenarios. For frames, all TARGETs will default
        to the frame name specified by the TARGET attribute unless overridden
        locally. For file paths, the Base can be used as an absolute reference
        that is used to resolve relative or fragmented path names (Absolute file 
        paths do not use it.)

<dt><b class="subheading">Searchable Index</b>
<dt>[&lt;<a href="i/isindex.htm">isindex</a>&gt;]
    <dd>This is a legacy feature from the period before HTML 2.0 and forms
        capability. It allows a simple text string to be submitted to a processing
        engine for evaluation. It has none of the variety and finesse that is
        capable through current HTML forms.

<dt><b class="subheading">Link Relationship</b>
<dt>[&lt;<a href="l/link.htm">link</a>&gt;]
    <dd>This element establishes relationships between the current document
        and some other object. A document may have any number of LINK elements
        which can indicate authorship, related indices and glossaries, older or
        more recent versions, document hierarchy, associated resources such as
        style sheets, etc.

<dt><b class="subheading">Document Meta-information</b>
<dt>[&lt;<a href="m/meta.htm">meta</a>&gt;]
    <dd>These elements can contain a wide variety of information that may or may 
        not be relevant to a browser. This element is an extensible mechanism to 
        allow associated name/value pairs. This allows an author to include specialized 
        information that does not fit in any other HEAD element situation.

<dt><b class="subheading">NextID</b>
<dt>[&lt;<a href="n/nextid.htm">nextid</a>&gt;]
    <dd>Listed strictly for completeness with the HTML 2.0 specification,
        this element has disappeared from later HTML specifications altogether and
        is not used by browsers.

<dt><b class="subheading">Web Page Scripting</b>
<dt>[&lt;<a href="s/script.htm">script</a>&gt;]
    <dd>This element allows a scripting language to interface with an HTML
        document. It is generally safer to place a SCRIPT statement in the HEAD
        area (although it is allowed both in the HEAD and BODY elements), because
        script statements are evaluated when the document is loaded (remember that
        the HEAD element comes before the BODY element.) See the
        <a href="embed.htm#related">Related Links</a> section on Scripting for
        other sites on this subject.

<dt><b class="subheading">Style Sheets</b>
<dt>[&lt;<a href="s/style.htm">style</a>&gt;]
    <dd>This element allows style information to be listed as a block
        (<a href="http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/css/syntax/inclusion/embedded.htm">Embedded
        Style Sheets</a>) <span class="external">[--&gt;Index DOT Css]</span> instead
        of listing the information in an external document or on a element-by-element 
        basis. Style information is embedded in an HTML comment within the STYLE 
        element as a series of Selector/Style Declaration pairs. The browser uses 
        these statements to help in rendering the document. See
        <a href="http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/css/" class="relevant">Index DOT
        Css</a> for more information on Style Sheets.

<dt><b class="subheading">Document Title</b>
<dt>[&lt;<a href="t/title.htm">title</a>&gt;]
    <dd>This contains the title of the document. It is the only HEAD element of a 
        document that is <em>REQUIRED</em> under the specifications. This title 
        serves to identify the document when it is accessed - whether it be by a 
        human, a search engine or some other means. It is often displayed as the 
        caption for a document's display window when viewing.
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<dt><big><b class="mainheading">Related Sites</b></big>
<dt><b class="subheading">Official References</b>
<dt><a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1866.txt" class="relevant">http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1866.txt</a>
    <dd><span class="relevant">RFC 1866: The HTML 2.0 specification (plain text)</span>
<dt><a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/" class="relevant">http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec</a>
    <dd><span class="relevant">The web version of the HTML 2.0 (RFC 1866) specification</span>
<dt><a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Wilbur/" class="relevant">http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Wilbur/</a>
    <dd><span class="relevant">The HTML 3.2 (Wilbur) recommendation<br>
        [Includes all HTML 2 HEAD elements and place holders for STYLE and SCRIPT]</span>
<dt><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/" class="relevant">http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/</a>
    <dd><span class="relevant">The HTML 4.0 Recommendation<br>
        [Includes all 2.0, and 3.2 elements plus many new features]</span>
<dt><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1.html" class="relevant">http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1.html</a>
    <dd><span class="relevant">Cascading Style Sheets, Level 1 specification recommendation<br>
        [<b class="l3heading">STYLE:</b> Usage of the STYLE element]</span>
<dt><a href="http://wp.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/html_extensions.html" class="relevant">http://wp.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/html_extensions.html</a>
    <dd><span class="relevant">Netscape Extensions to HTML 2.0<br>
        [<b class="l3heading">ISINDEX:</b> Details additional attributes to the ISINDEX element]</span>
<dt><a href="http://wp.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/pushpull.html" class="relevant">http://wp.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/pushpull.html</a>
    <dd><span class="relevant">Netscape Dynamic Documents<br>
        [<b class="l3heading">META:</b> Details the use of Client-Pull with the META element]</span>
<dt><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/html/reference/elements.asp" class="relevant">http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/html/reference/elements.asp</a>
    <dd><span class="relevant">Internet Explorer Tag reference<br>
        [Details HTML 2.0, and 3.2 elements. Also describes SCRIPT and STYLE usage]</span>
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<dt><b class="subheading">Tutorials</b>
<dt><a href="http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/HTML/Head/" class="relevant">http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/HTML/Head/</a>
    <dd><span class="relevant">WWWDVL section on head elements</span>
<dt><a href="http://www.wdvl.com/Search/Meta/Tag.html" class="relevant">http://www.wdvl.com/Search/Meta/Tag.html</a>
    <dd><span class="relevant"><b class="l3heading">Meta:</b> The Web Developer's Virtual Library- &quot;META Tagging for Search Engines&quot;</span>
<dt><a href="http://wdvl.com/Authoring/HTML/Head/Meta/" class="relevant">http://wdvl.com/Authoring/HTML/Head/Meta/</a>
    <dd><span class="relevant"><b class="l3heading">Meta:</b> The Web Developer's Virtual Library META element page</span>
<dt><a href="http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/mk-metas.html" class="relevant">http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/mk-metas.html</a>
    <dd><span class="relevant"><b class="l3heading">Meta:</b> Form-based creation of META tags for your pages</span>
<dt><a href="http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/css/index.html" class="relevant">http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/css/index.html</a>
    <dd><span class="relevant"><b class="l3heading">Style:</b> Index DOT Css - the other big part of this site</span>
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